After months in hospital, student heads home

12:16 PM,
Nov. 12, 2012

After months in the hospital, Abby Marsh is welcomed home by her family.

Written by

Justin B. Duke

Marsh, the Ryle student who'd been hospitalized since May after a car crash, left the hospital and returned home. The crash broke her fifth cervical vertebrae and left her in spinal shock and paralyzed below her armpits. She had an 11-hour operation to fuse vertebrae together, but complications left her with a lung infection that reduced her breathing capacity and eventually collapsed her lung. This greatly impaired her speech.

Since the crash, the community rallied around Abby, swamping her with visitors and messages. ...